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Monica laughed as Rachel and Phoebe came running past her that evening as she opened the door.
"Guys ye seem more excited by this date then I am"
"I think we are too, I couldn't think of anything else all day" Phoebe squealed.
"Me either, so mon that dress is perfect now all we need is to attack the hair and make up side of things"
"Rachel I think you have forgotten why you are here" Monica laughed pointing at Darren who was watching cartoons on the couch.
"Oh yeah ill take him in a few minutes I jus want to see the finished product"
Rachel and Phoebe left a half hour later with Darren and his overnight bag in tow. Rachel had decided that she would bring Darren to her and Ross's house as she hoped that Chadnler would come back to Monicas place although she didn't tell Monica her motives for insisting Darren stay the night.
Monicas heart lurched as she heard the door opening into the living room, she had told Chandler that she would leave it open in case she was still in the shower.
"Hey"Monica said as she walked out of her room fastening an earring
"Hey, wow you look beautiful Monica, these are for you" Chandler said giving her a bouquet of flowers.
"Chandler you didn't have to get me flowers" Monica said looking at him, her heart was beating faster as she registered how handsome he looked in his suit and overcoat topped of with leather gloves.
"Yes I did, it's your first date in how many years I want you to remember it"
"Well technically we had a date last night"
"Yes but that got cut short" Chandler whispered moving closer to her.
"Ah oh"Monica replied as Chandler inched near her face and grabbed her face with his hands in s soft intimate kiss.
"Well you better put these in water and get going or we will miss our reservations" Chandler said softly.
Stepping out into the cool night, Chandler suggested they would be better of the wave down a taxi than walk or they would be late.
"Where are we going Chandler?"
"Just a restaurant" He said flippantly as he grabbed her hand to run to a taxi which had just pulled in.
"Chandler this isn't just a restaurant this is THE restaurant" Monica exaggerated as they pulled outside Edge the best restaurant in Manhattan
"Well I didn't know the good restaurants so I did some research and found out this was the best well besides Allessandros of course but I figured you wouldn't want to go to work on your date"
"You figured right" Monica mused as the walked into the restaurant.
As they had dinner they covered a wide range of conversations from their families to school to college.
"So tell me about Darren" Chandler said he was interested to know more about the most important man in Monicas life.
"Oh you know he is four, he is profoundly deaf but I could opt for a cochlea implant operation but I don't know about that"
"Really" Chadnler asked "Would he be able to hear perfectly then"
"Pretty much"
"Are there much risks involved with that operation"
"not really its usually pretty straight forward"
"So what is stopping you from it"
"Two things one he would be 10 before I would have that money saved up for it, a normal ten year old should be out playing with friends not learning how to speak, and secondly I don't know if I could cope with him going under the knife if anything happened him I would die" Monica said sadly.
"It's a tough decision to make" Chandler said s
"How did you realise he was deaf"
Monica hesitated for a moment before she spoke again it was always hard to speak about Darren's deafness but she knew that Chandler had a genuine interest.
"Well I was cleaning one day and Darren was in a big chair,he was just under one month old and I banged two pots together hoping to make him laugh and he didn't even move his head I had an idea then there was something wrong with him"
"Well I think your doing a great job with him, he really is a fantastic kid, I'm telling you ,you have a basketball star in the making wait until he is 24 Ross and Joey will have front row tickets to see him"
"Yeah you will still be lifting him up in front of the net" Monica laughed
"Hey whatever helps" Chandler defended himself
"Hey do you want to walk or get a taxi back" Monica wondered as they stepped outside.
"Lets walk it's a nice night plus I want to go through central park. If you don't mind"
"No, id like that besides I don't like going back to the apartment when Darren isn't there"
"Where is he?"
"Oh Rachel decided to take him to her place for the night she wanted to watch some E Special and I don't have that channel."
Chandler put one of his arms around Monica's waist as they entered Central Park he hoped Monica was up for what he had planned. After a few minutes they arrived at their destination of Rockefeller centre.
"Please don't tell me you want to go ice skating" Monica laughed aloud.
"Please, ive never done it before" Chandler begged.
"Ok but you're holding my hand out their I haven't hit the rink in years so no coordination"
After a few minutes Monica was laughing hysterically at Chandler who was clinging petrified to the side of the rink.
"I thought you said we would hold hands" He laughed as Monica glided past him
"I forgot how good I was" She shouted back
"Well I never realised I would be this lame, ill just stay here and admire the view I think" He said as Monica glided up towards him.
"Thank you for bringing me here I forgot what it was to have fun" She said quietly kissing him.
"Well I guess that makes up for me being stuck to this rink for a half hour" He said as he drew his mouth away from Monicas.
"Yeah that's your reward, come on lets go I'd hate to think that we would have to surgically remove those hands from that railing if we stayed any longer." Monica teased.
"Hey that hurt" Chandler laughed intertwining his fingers with her as she led him out of the rink.
"Thanks for that Chandler that was a great idea I really needed to unwind, I guess I've been pretty uptight these past few years"
"I'm glad to be of help" Chandler offered.
As they reached their apartments hallway Chandler looked awkwardly at Monica.
"So how was your first date in two years" He laughed
"Pretty good" Monica smiled.
"Are you going to see the guy again" Chandler teased
"If he wants to maybe"
"Oh he wants to" Chandler breathed huskily as he leaned down to kiss her. Monica reached up grabbing the back of Chandler's neck as they explored each others mouth.
"Chandler, Darren isn't going to be around tonight so if you want to come in for coffee" Monica offered not sure of she could bare the thought of Chandler going home.
"Monica are you sure?"
" I'm sure"Monica replied
"Are you sure its not the wine talking"
"Definitely, positively sure" She smiled opening the door and leading Chandler into her apartment.
Monica got a fright the next morning as she woke up to see Chandlers body lying next to her, but smiled as the nights events came rushing back to her.
"Hey sleepyhead" Chandler said as he saw Monica stirring awake
"Hey ,what time is it" Monica sighed.
"Half seven are the guys coming over this morning"Chadnler asked panicking at the thought of Ross finding him in bed with his little sister.
"No they all made some excuse why they couldn't come"
"I think they might have known you would end up staying here "She laughed
"Admit it this was all just a plan to get me to stay here wasn't it" He growled into her hair and wrapping his arm protectively around her stomach.
"Oh yeah got mine now leave" She laughed along with him.
"So remember how you said you never get a lie in today can be your lie in, what time is Darren back"
"Rachel is bringing him to kindergarten so ive to collect him at three" Monica smiled.
"How about I don't go to work today" Chandler suggested
"Chandler you have worked there a week you have to go, as much as id like you to stay here and keep me warm"
"Yeah but I'm there boss so they cant fire me" He pondered aloud.
"True she said plus it is Christmas time" Monica said trying to justify his decision.
Monica woke up later that morning at eleven to see Chandler fully dressed and bringing her in a breakfast wit a single rose in a vase.
"Where did you get that" She pointed at the rose
"Oh I went to the shop to get some eggs and some guy was selling these" He smiled handing it to her while giving her a kiss.
"Listen Monica I hope you don't mind my staying here last night"
"I think it was me who asked you to stay here do you remember" Monica offered.
"I just want you to know I'm not one of those guys who sleeps with woman and never calls them" He said simply
"I don't besides it would be pretty hard for that to happen seen as I bump into you every day wouldn't it" Monica laughed.
"True, everyday you will come running out how come you never called" Chandler teased.
"God I can't remember the last time someone made me breakfast, I always seem to make it for them"
"Well I think you deserve this" Chandler said as he engaged Monica in another kiss.
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